ThingMagic MercuryAPI.dll

[Ryman]

Hi,

I am trying to interface with a ThingMagic RFID Reader but I am having trouble loading the .dll into LabVIEW. Here is a link for the Mercury API SDK from ThingMagic. Mercury API SDK

Here is a link to the resources page.

I am running LabVIEW 2014 Service Pack 1 32-bit.

I have tried using the .NET constructor node to load the MercuryAPI.dll located in the cs folder of the SDK but I get and error saying "An error occured trying to load the assembly." What am I doing wrong?

Do I have to compile anything to get a .dll that works.

Thanks,

-Ryman

[mikeporter]

I don't have a specific answer, but something I have found helpful is if the vendor provides example programs in other languages, I always check them out. Sometimes you will find comments that inform you of a little extra mojo needed to get things working.

Mike...

[rolfk]

Most likely the .Net library requires some other dependencies such as the actual C++ DLL and/or MS Visual C Runtime libraries. The library should come with an installer that you have to run in order to have all dependencies satisfied on each target system you want to run that code on.

[Ryman]

I tried opening the project in Visual studio 2013 but it gave me errors and cold not open. I will try again soon.